From my techie listserve:

Go Daddy has been mean to several folks I know, too. Here's a good local hosting company: Dedico.

My nephew owns it and offers a discount, I think, to local customers.

--Sue

and:

I've never read a rec for Go Daddy here. Most of us hate it. I sometimes refuse clients unless they are willing to move from Go Daddy.

--Karen Kreps
Net Ingenuity